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Evolution of the motor car

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A proposed reinvention for urban motoring based on ultra-small electric vehicles does not address the bigger environmental or social challenges, finds Daniel Sperling.

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  1. Daniel Sperling is professor of engineering and environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA, and co-author of Two Billion Cars. dsperling@ucdavis.edu ,

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Sperling, D. Evolution of the motor car. Nature 464, 163 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464163a

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